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by federica iseppato on January 3rd, 2006

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I am Catholic and my husband to be is Anglican but has not been baptised. To get married in a Catholic Church, does he have to be baptised first?

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  • by Archaeologist on January 14th, 2006

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    Certainly not. To put it bluntly, your Husband could be a Zoroastrian Shaman, and he'd be permitted to marry you in the Church.

    My wife is not Catholic, and we had no problem getting marred in the Roman Catholic Church five years ago. What will most likely occur is that the Church will ask that the two of you take "Pre-Canna classes" (six or seven sessions, one every few weeks, if I remember correctly), these are simply a few meetings with a priest in which you'll be asked to talk about why you wish to become married. This is not a recruitment exercise. It's simply "pre-marriage marriage counseling", and a lot of protestant denominations are doing it now, too.

    Some folks don't have to take Pre-Canna classes. Not sure how you get out of them. Tried, but failed. Actually, they were pretty nice, and worth the time. I'd recommend giving them a shot, if they're offered.

    My wife had to sign an agreement that, if we had children, she would not prevent me from raising them as Catholics if I wanted to do so. In other words - none of me forcing my religion on the children, and none of her forcing her religion on the children, etc. Pretty reasonable, in retrospect.

    Years ago, prior to Vatican Two, the statement was actually a promise that the children WOULD be raised as Catholics. However, the rules have SIGNIFICANTLY changed, so no worries there.

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    • Catholicism is WRONG, in several respects, but your answer is good! Good show ole' chap, here's a cookie!

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 18th, 2006

    • did you seriously just tell someone that their religion is wrong, whilst claiming on your profile page that you are respectful of others?

      bolilla

      by bolilla on May 4th, 2007

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